Promotion of Youth Job Projects Led by Jinju City Region

Labor costs for participating companies, transportation welfare allowances and capacity-building education support for youth

Jinju City Hall Exterior View

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Jinju City, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 21st that it will promote a region-led job project to provide quality jobs to young people.

The "Region-Led Youth Job Project," which began in 2018, aims to provide quality job experience to young job seekers and support youth labor costs for companies to enhance regional competitiveness.

The region-led job projects promoted by the city include ▲Gyeongnam-type New Deal Job Project ▲Jinju Silk and Bio Industry Revival Project, a Jinju City specialized project ▲Gyeongnam Startup Youth Recruitment Linkage Project ▲Gyeongnam Youth Artisan Project ▲Small and Medium Enterprise Youth Vitality Project ▲Gyeongnam Social Economy Youth Revival Project. At the beginning of this year, new workplaces were publicly recruited, hiring 52 new young people, supporting a total of 135 youths and participating companies.

The Gyeongnam-type New Deal Job Project provides short-term job experience to unemployed youth and aims to connect them to private employment afterward. Especially, it has been converted into a post-COVID-19 response New Deal Job Project, hiring 24 new personnel in digital and non-face-to-face sectors, supporting them until the end of this year.

The Jinju Silk and Bio Industry Revival Project aims to resolve corporate labor shortages and support local talent. At the beginning of this year, seven additional companies were selected, supporting a total of 19 people.

The Gyeongnam Startup Youth Recruitment Linkage Project has supported 45 young people since 2018 to secure the self-sustainability of startups with less than seven years of business experience. The Youth Artisan Project has additionally selected eight small-scale manufacturing companies with fewer than 10 employees this year, supporting a total of 24 people.

Also, the Small and Medium Enterprise Youth Vitality Project, which aims to promote regular employment of youth and attract local talent amid population decline, has selected eight additional youths this year, supporting a total of 23 people.

The Gyeongnam Social Economy Youth Revival Project has provided jobs to 46 young people in 23 companies since 2019, receiving great responses from both companies and youth participants.

In April, five new workplaces were selected, supporting 18 companies and 22 people in the first half of this year, with plans to select five more companies in the second half.

Although support details vary slightly by project, selected companies receive up to 1.8 million KRW per month for youth labor costs for up to two years. Youth workers receive a monthly transportation welfare allowance of 100,000 KRW and housing support up to 300,000 KRW.

Additionally, participating youth receive expert education such as job training and employment/startup consulting. Youth who participate in the project for two years are given incentives, and if they convert to regular employment and maintain employment after participation, up to 10 million KRW is supported over one year at 2.5 million KRW quarterly.

Joo Kyu-il, Mayor of Jinju City, stated, "The region-led job project provides stable jobs to youth through job matching between youth and companies and places local talent in companies, creating an opportunity for both youth and companies to grow together. We expect it to contribute to youth job creation amid employment difficulties."

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